The months of November and December bring us season days. Be mindful of ORSP office closings for 2020-2021. Plan ahead. Thank you!

NSF is incrementally moving the preparation and submission of all proposals from FastLane to Research.gov, with a tentative target completion date by 2022. Specific NSF funding opportunities will require the use of Research.gov for the preparation and submission of proposals to NSF.

Beginning September 14, all U-M investigators listed on a new Proposal Approval Form (PAF) will be required to complete a revised "Sign PAF" activity in the eResearch Proposal Management (eRPM) system.

Additional costs, above and beyond our normal operations, are being incurred across the institution as we ramp up our research. These expenses may include supplies, signage, hand sanitizer, disinfectant, plexiglass, COVID testing. To assist in tracking these costs, Finance added a new program code, COVID, within M-Pathways.

Beginning June 25, the regional campuses in Flint and Dearborn will use unique DUNS numbers to apply for external funding from federal agencies and other sponsors that utilize the DUNS. (Historically, all applications to external sponsors have used the DUNS number for the Ann Arbor campus.)

Especially in these times of remote work, a mutual understanding of what each party can reasonably expect is central to a successful partnership. ORSP offers these response time goals in the hopes of estimating how quickly ORSP staff are likely able to respond. Remember to email your project representatives. If you call, be sure to leave a detailed message since our phones are not transferred.

The Office of Research and Sponsored Projects enables and safeguards the conduct of research and other sponsored activity for the University of Michigan. We apply specialized regulatory, statutory and organizational knowledge in a timely and professional manner in order to balance the university's mission, the sponsor's objectives, and the investigator's intellectual pursuits.